diagnostics

"The athletes loved Klumper. He was excellent with his diagnostics and would go to the track and field to spend a lot of time with them, while Keul was more hands-off," says Paoli.

It also highlights global inequities in resource allocation and access to vaccines, diagnostics and treatments.

"Our approach has the potential to dramatically change the way nucleic acid amplification is performed, providing instead a portable, reliable and cost-effective solution for applications, ranging from point-of-care diagnostics to field-based research." said Draz.

"I paid £250 for a diagnostics test. It turned out a diesel piston had gone and if it wasn't fixed it would damage the car further," she said.

However, the concept of MOFA-based diagnostics in cardiovascular diseases must be tested in further studies -- and this is what the Munich researchers intend to do in the coming years.